Project 13: Earrings

 The Fimo frenzy has turned out to be quite long lasting. We have been making earrings, in lots of little cute shapes, like circles, triangles and hearts. We also ordered a heap of adorable little brass and copper shapes, and resin flowers, and have made these into earrings too. We have put them on sweet little triangular cards decorated with a trio of watercolours and a craftyfriday stamp.

And, now, if you like, you can purchase our earrings at a beautiful new shop that our friend Julie has opened up at The Gap shopping centre in Brisbane. Julie's shop is called Hummingbird, The Shop, and you can follow it on instagram or facebook using the tag #hummingbirdtheshop, hummingbird The Shop.

Or, if you're really keen, email us on kathychas@yahoo.com and we can post you some!

Solo Craftiness - It's a Fimo Frenzy

I must admit straight up that I have been a style thief, and blatantly stole this idea. Outrageous I know.  Well, suck it up people because I think these beads are worth a bit of scandal.

It started when I bought my mum a beautiful strand of beads for Christmas from Emily Green at the Finders Keepers markets. Take a look at http://www.emilygreen.net/
and http://www.thefinderskeepers.com/

Then, my nine year old got some Fimo for Christmas and when I was doing the Fimo with my girl over the holidays I got into a wild bead making frenzy, heavily inspired by the gorgeous Emily Green.  

(My children made a tree, a leopard, a snowman and some big lumps of different coloured Fimo smashed together that were.....interesting.)

Once I had spent several evenings rolling different shaped beads - some designs more successful than others, and some so bad they went in the bin - I made a trip to a beading supply shop and got some coloured cord and leather, some silvery beads and some little neon beads for a tiny pop of bright amongst the softer colours.

Anyway, I now own no less than twelve strands of beads, and my friends can expect to see me looking very heavily beaded in coming weeks.

Funnily enough, today I met my mum for afternoon tea and by chance we were both wearing a stripy navy and white shirt, gold triangle shaped studs, and a strand of Fimo beads and it was VERY FREAKY. Emily Green, if you ever read this - the ones my mum wore today looked way better than mine, please contact me with some tips.

Kate